diff --git a/stable/minecraft/Chart.yaml b/stable/minecraft/Chart.yaml
index 81d598870b..f262eaed9d 100755
--- a/stable/minecraft/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/minecraft/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: minecraft
-version: 1.2.3
+version: 1.2.4
 appVersion: 1.14.4
 home: https://minecraft.net/
 description: Minecraft server
diff --git a/stable/minecraft/templates/datadir-pvc.yaml b/stable/minecraft/templates/datadir-pvc.yaml
index 2225a94445..d03e11ac99 100644
--- a/stable/minecraft/templates/datadir-pvc.yaml
+++ b/stable/minecraft/templates/datadir-pvc.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if .Values.persistence.dataDir.enabled -}}
+{{- if and .Values.persistence.dataDir.enabled (not .Values.persistence.dataDir.existingClaim ) -}}
 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
 apiVersion: v1
 metadata:
diff --git a/stable/minecraft/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/minecraft/templates/deployment.yaml
index 859cedcc31..b437de4701 100644
--- a/stable/minecraft/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/minecraft/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -201,7 +201,11 @@ spec:
       - name: datadir
       {{- if .Values.persistence.dataDir.enabled }}
         persistentVolumeClaim:
+        {{- if .Values.persistence.dataDir.existingClaim }}
+          claimName: {{ .Values.persistence.dataDir.existingClaim }}
+        {{- else }}
           claimName: {{ template "minecraft.fullname" . }}-datadir
+        {{- end }}
       {{- else }}
         emptyDir: {}
       {{- end }}
diff --git a/stable/minecraft/values.yaml b/stable/minecraft/values.yaml
index e9a58a221e..6f5bd7962d 100644
--- a/stable/minecraft/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/minecraft/values.yaml
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ persistence:
   dataDir:
     # Set this to false if you don't care to persist state between restarts.
     enabled: true
+    # existingClaim: nil
     Size: 1Gi
 
 podAnnotations: {}